Moss Veterinary Hospital

30/10/2024

🐾☎️Say hello to our new receptionist, Cairo 🐾☎️ We think he's doing a great job 🏆💗

29/10/2024

Goose is having a boo-tiful nap 👻 😴💤

28/10/2024

🎃👻 Halloween Tips 👻🎃
A very stressful time for our fur babies. With most run-aways happening this time of year.
Here are some tips to keep them relaxed and safe this Halloween 🎆

🐾 Have a cosy, secure area for them to hide away, play some relaxing music or put on the tv for some distraction
🐾 Give any medications in advance or according to their instructions
🐾 Check the house & garden to make sure they are escape-proof. Your pet may want to escape all the noise, often running away
🐾 Make sure microchip details are correct and they have a collar with contact details, so they can be quickly re-united if they do escape
🐾 Every pet is different, if they want to hide, let them, if they prefer to play or look for comfort from you, allow them to do whatever helps the feel relaxed
🐾 If your pet has an accident in the house, avoid telling them off, as this can raise anxiety even more
🐾 Block out the flashes, close windows and curtains and leave the lights on
🐾 Not every pet likes dressing up, putting strange clothing on our pets can cause high levels of anxiety (some may love it🐶)

Have a happy Halloween 🎃👻

26/10/2024

✨️❤️🐈‍⬛ That Saturday feeling ✨️❤️🐈‍⬛

25/10/2024

🐾👻 🦴It looks like someone has a bone to pick with Barney 🦴 👻🐾

23/10/2024

**FOUND**

This dog was found between Kill and Johnstown. Microchipped but not registered. No collar or identification.

If you know someone missing this dog please let them (and us!) know. Call us on 045876187 ☎️

23/10/2024

🎃 Hide chocolate and sweets from curious snouts this Halloween🎃

As we all know, chocolate is toxic to doggies, but there are lots of other things that can harm our furry friends.
Grapes, raisins, chocolate covered raisins, sweets or candy that contain Xylitol are all very toxic.
Lollipops and sweet wrappers can cause choking or a foreign body.
Keep all the sweet treats up away from your beloved pets 🎃

Signs of toxicity:
Vomiting, diarrhoea, excessive drinking, tremors, seizures, fast breathing, restlessness.

If you think your pet has ingested something that may cause harm, call your closest veterinary clinic as soon as possible 🐾

25/09/2024

🎃 Halloween is coming 🎃
This can be a very stressful time for our fur babies, and we want to do what we can to keep them as relaxed as possible 🐾
Prepare ahead for anxiety medication.
A lot of the over-the counter calming-aids need some time to get to work, it’s important to start early to ensure they are affective for your pet🐶🐱 It may take some trial and error to find something that works best for your furry friend 🐾
Leaving it until Halloween week may affect the results of the medication. For example, If these over-the counter medications are not suiting your individual pets, an appointment to see the vet must be made in order to get stronger medication on prescription. 🎆
Don’t leave your beloved pets spooked this Halloween 🎃👻

Call the clinic or PetsApp us for more information 🐾

17/09/2024

‼️Found dog‼️
Found along newbridge road around 1pm.
If this doggy belongs to you, please call us on 045876187 🐾

05/09/2024

**UPDATE - REUNITED!**

**FOUND CAT**

Found this afternoon in the Monread Avenue area.
Very friendly, wearing a collar, spayed but not chipped.

If you recognise this little kitty, please give us a call as she is safe in our care.

12/08/2024

This little boy is still looking for his forever home 🐈‍⬛❤️

🐈‍⬛ REHOMING APPEAL 🐈‍⬛

Male kitten 2-3 months old found abandoned beside his litter-mate who was sadly deceased. He's bright and confident, curious and tons of fun! He's had his first vaccine and parasite prevention and is ready for a family of his own. He sleeps through the night and is using the litter-box like a pro. He would love another friendly pet in the household, but could also be an only pet.

If you think you could offer this little boy a home, please send us a message for contact details of his current minder 🐾

08/08/2024

Do you recognise me?
Found in Donore area. Safe with finder at moment. Proof of ownership required.
Contact us on 045 876187

07/08/2024

🐈‍⬛ REHOMING APPEAL 🐈‍⬛

Male kitten 2-3 months old found abandoned beside his litter-mate who was sadly deceased. He's bright and confident, curious and tons of fun! He's had his first vaccine and parasite prevention and is ready for a family of his own. He sleeps through the night and is using the litter-box like a pro. He would love another friendly pet in the household, but could also be an only pet.

If you think you could offer this little boy a home, please send us a message for contact details of his current minder 🐾

27/07/2024

!!! Found Jack Russell !!!
No microchip, found in Alymer Park, Naas , found Friday 26th July.
Please contact us if this is your pet 🐶

13/07/2024

Do you recognise me? Found in Naas by Colgans. Un-neutered male. Appears to be blind, No microchip. No collar etc.
If you are missing this dog, please get in touch with us on Monday (phone lines off as we are closed over weekend) or send us a message here.

11/07/2024

🐱🐶**BLANKET APPEAL** 🐱🐶

With so many lovely dogs and cats passing through our practice, we have found ourselves at a shortage of soft cosy bedding.

If you would happen to have any spare blankets at home that are no longer of use, we would kindly ask that you might think of popping them in to us.

They would be so greatly appreciated by us and our furry patients!

Unfortunately at this time, we have no need for towels. We also cannot accept duvets, sheets, pillows etc.

Thank you!!!
🐈‍⬛🐈🐩🐕🐾🐾

10/07/2024

Update: BOOKED TO A NEW HOME!!!

💙🐈‍⬛️ Meet Badger and Bee 🐾💙🐈‍⬛️

💙🐾 We are looking for a perfect home for our two little hand-reared kittens. They have stolen all our hearts here at Moss 💙 We would prefer them to be homed together as they have been inseparable since coming into the world.💙🐾
🐈‍⬛️😻 They have loving, playful personalities and needs to be with another young cat or playful kitten 🐈‍⬛️😻

📆They are 6 weeks old now and being weaned onto solid foods.

🏠🥳💖They will be ready for their forever home at 8 weeks. 🏠🥳💖

📞☎️ Please call us or message us if you gave any questions ☎️📞

08/07/2024

‼️ PetsApp issue ‼️

There appears to be an issue on PetsApp with booking appointments, it will appear your appointment is made, but it is not showing up on our system. If we could please ask our clients to call or text on PetsApp to confirm any appointments already made on the app, to ensure we have it booked in on our end and to avoid un-neccessary wait times😊🐾

28/05/2024

📲 Did you know? We’re on PetsApp! And we would love for you to join us😃

- Help reduce your wait time of phone calls, Message the clinic any time 💬
- Order your pets medication 💊
- Book and manage your appointments 📆
- Get live updates + photos of your pet when they are staying here with us for the day 🐾
- Use the app to pay 💵

Join us on PetsApp today😃 Available in the AppStore and Android play-store📲

16/04/2024

🐈🦮 National Pet I.D week 🐈🦮

The distinctive ID number on your pet's chip will be the most reliable method of identifying you as the pet's owner in the event they become lost or stolen. ‼️
All dogs in Ireland must be microchipped and registered on an authorised database by law.
If adopting or rehoming a pet, they should have a microchip installed before they may go to their new home 🏡
After the microchip is inserted, it is just as important to ensure it is registered to the owner, without a registration, the microchip is of no benefit.
If you are unsure if your pets microchip is registered or if the details are up to date, please feel free to give us a call and we can check this for you🐈‍⬛🐕‍🦺

29/03/2024

🐣 EASTER 🐣

Easter is a lovely time to relax with our loved ones (two-legged🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️and four-legged 🐈🐕) and, of course, to enjoy some chocolate 🍫
⚡️With that, we want to give a big reminder that any chocolate is HIGHLY TOXIC to our pets. If ingested, it can cause serious illness in dogs and cats⚡️

All the more for us humans to enjoy 😉

☎️ If you think your dog or cat has eaten chocolate, please call us as soon as you can! ☎️

11/03/2024

🐈‍⬛️❤️Forever home needed 🐈‍⬛️ ❤️

This lovely girl, Freya, is looking for her forever home 🏡 She is 7 years old and she is currently being fostered with a member of staff. Ideally she would need to be in a single cat household, but seems to do well with dogs and loves cuddles from people and children 💙

Unfortunately, her teeth have been extracted due to dental issues, so we would need an owner to be aware of this.

Freya is a real sweetheart and wants nothing more than to curl up on the couch with her forever person 💕

🐈‍⬛️ If you are interested or know someone who would be able to help, please let us know 🐈‍⬛️

07/03/2024

🌟 A small message from Cornelie, as she returns from her vaccination drive with Mission Rabies 🌟

A big thank you from myself and the mission rabies Mumbai team for all of your amazing support!
We managed to vaccinate 26,000 stray dogs against rabies , reaching the 70 % vaccination coverage that is required.
Our education teams successfully held multiple information drives aimed at children in rabies hotspots.

It was a very successful campaign that would result in a rapid decrease of both canine and human rabies deaths.
It is the first step towards creating a rabies free Mumbai.

During the mission, I met many families who lost children due to a rabies bite. It is a horrible cruel disease both for the dogs and their human companions.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support in helping both these lovely dogs and their humans ❤️

26/02/2024

Pet neutering awareness month 🩺🐶🐱

Neutering has significant health benefits for your pets.
In many areas, there is a problem with overpopulation in cats and dogs. Many pets are euthanised each year, because there are no homes for them. We can prevent this by neutering our pets.

Benefits;
Females
* Significantly reduces the risks of reproductive organ cancer
* Eliminates the chances of pyometra (A serious and potentially life-threatening infection of the womb, very common in un-neutered female dogs)
* Avoids unwanted pregnancies
* Reduces the want to roam in search for a mate

Males
* Also reduces the risk of testicular and prostatic cancers
* Less likely to roam
* Male cats are less likely to fight, which can lead to diseases, abscesses and infections resulting from bites
* Less likely to be dominating and aggressive
* Less likely to mark their territory by urinating in the house

In both males and females, neutering at an early age can help with behavioural issues as it stabilises their hormone levels.

What age can I neuter my pet?
In dogs, both male and female can be neutered from 6-9 months depending on their size and breed. Large dog breeds should ideally wait until they are around 15+ months, to allow them to finish growing.

In cats, both sexes can be neutered from 4-6 months, Females should be done as early as possible as they mature quite quickly.

These recommendations can vary with each individual pet, so book a pre-neuter appointment with one of our nurses to have a chat about getting your pet booked in for their procedure 🐶🐱